title: Localization of leptin binding domain in the leptin receptor.
abstract: The leptin receptor is a member of the class I cytokine receptor family and is involved in the control of appetite and body weight. The predicted amino acid sequence of the extracellular region of the cloned leptin receptor differs from that of many other cytokine receptors in that it contains two homologous segments representing potential ligand binding sites. After the analysis of various deletion and substitution mutants of the leptin receptor, we found that the first potential binding motif is not required for leptin binding and receptor activation, whereas modification of the second potential binding motif can lead to inactive receptor mutants. Further deletion analysis generated a minimal binding domain that retains high affinity leptin binding. The leptin binding domain thus has been localized to residues 323-640, which contain the second segment of cytokine receptor domain/fibronectin type 3 domain (residues 428-635). Coexpression of the active isoform of leptin receptor (OB-Rb) with an inactive mutant lacking high affinity leptin binding site led to suppression of the activity mediated by OB-Rb, suggesting that the leptin receptor may exist as a multimeric complex in the absence of leptin.
authors.affiliation: Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065, USA.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Tota
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Varnerin
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Karpitskiy
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Van der Ploeg
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D016466:CHO Cells; D019556:COS Cells; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006224:Cricetinae; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005110:Extracellular Space; D006801:Humans; D020738:Leptin; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D054411:Receptors, Leptin; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; C515448:LEPR protein, human; D020738:Leptin; D011506:Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D054411:Receptors, Leptin